Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-23
State News.
ANDRosCoGGIN,

Fltchburg. Mr.. NJ. D Merrill, foreman of
the bottoming room, will fulfill the duties
hereafter The Eagle and the Union Paper
Mills are running. They have been put in
thorough repair. The whole of the mills of
the Poland Paper Co., are now running to
their full capacity.
Rev. Mr.. Record of Lisbon, administered
the ordinance of baptism to seven candidates
last Sunday morning. All these were re-
ceived into the church in the evening. About
the same number were bapiised by him st
Lisbon Falls, in the afternoon The French
band has been reorganized and is under the
leadership of the leader of the French band
at Brunswick.
CUMBERLAND.
Fred J. Blather, who is employed on the
night Pullman on the Maine Central, did
some rapid work 10 the early part of the
week. He left Portland at Ills Monday
night, arriving at the Bangor at s. so A. NJ.
leaving there al he arrived at Belfast at
10, was married at II, left with his bride
at by steamer, arrivi in Bangor in sea-
son TO take his regular train at P. NJ. for
Portland. Mr.. and Mrs. Blather will make
Portland their future home.
FRANKLIN.
disgI aceful affair occurred at the lower
end of New High street, Pennington. Sunday
night, July II, says the Chronicle. Some
fellows, strangers IN town, who had been
imbibing TOO much liquor, undertook to get
into certain house there. The fellows were
not wanted inside Just then aud were told so,
whereapon they commenced to boot and Yell
take of the gates and blinds and otherwise
act like pack of hoodlums. During the
melee the female occupant of the house dis
charged revolver into the crowd outside,
which caused the hoodlums to retreat up the
street at a lively gait, swearing and yelling
like pack of wild Indians, Such disturb
snces have been rare in this community. and
we hope the people of that part of the village
will not be treated to a repetition of such a
shameful proceeding.
kENNEBEC.
Tuesday morning Warren Childs, boy
living on the farm of X. McCausland in
Winslow, fell from a colts back and broke
his right wrist
The dredger has removed 5000 yards of
earth from around the wharf of White & Case,
at Rockland. Sloop NJ. NJ. Hamilton is now
bringing granite for a wall around the wharf,
which will make it one of the best in the city.
1t will require some 2000 tons of granite. -
The Mayor has not vet signed the wide tire
ordinance, and says he has not decided wheth-
er to sign it or not, according to the Courier
Gszette.-Clars Hull, young lady employed
IN the family of Mrs. S p. Frost, spilled a
pail of hot water over herself, Monday, re-
ceiving terrible scalds .-Mackerel have ap-
peared in the harbor at Rockland C Doher-
ty found snake about p feet long in a
barrel of Norfolk potatoes, recently. The
reptile was of dark, greenish color, with
white stripes abou. an inch apart. 1t had a
speckled tail and life enough to strike saw
agely when poked with stick.
Albert M. Rich, of Rockport, mate of the
ship Robert Belknap, who was charged with
the murder of sailor named Peterson, on
the passage from San Francisco TO Liverpool,
as previously reported was acquitted. Testi-
monv showed that the sailor died from nat
ural causes.
PENoBsCoT.
W. A. Frye, of Newport, will cut 1875 tons
of upland hay this year. With one barn SOL
x4O feet, one 5Ox40, and large stable he
will not be able to care for his hay and grain
this season.
James A. Gordon & Sons, of Mattawam-
kesg, contractors on this end of the Megantic
r. R., have about $50 men employed on their
ten miles of road 1t is thought that their
grading will be done in about six weeks.
Owing to a mistake of the engineers they
have been obliged to lower their grading four
feet, part of it where the rails had been
laid. This will cut down the bridge piers
some ten feet. The two middle piers wll
now be forty feet in height.
A correspondent of the Pittsfeld Adver-
tiser writes: The meanest man on record
came to light at hampden Corner last week.
We will not call any names at present, but
will designate the two parties as A snd B.
A had in his cellar barrel of cider which he
was going to make into vinegar (if any was
left after hayipg.) B, knowing the fact sent
his little boy with pail and few cents to A
telling him that some of the family were sick
and they very much desired some of his cider.
A filled the boys pail, refusing to take the
money for IT. but the bov strongly urged him
to take it. As soon as the boy reached home
with the cider, went straight to Bangor and
reported A as selling cider to the boys That
night sheriff came and arrested him and
took him to Jail. All his hay is ripe and no
one to cut it.
SOMERSET.
Perry Moore's house in Anson, on the West
New Portland road took fire, recently, from
a fiving spark from the chimney, and the
whole set of buildings burned. The men
were away in the field, having, and the fire
was first discovered BY neighbour who gave
the alarm. Very few household goods were
saved. G. B. Gray, next neighbor, had all he
could do with his large gang of hay. makers
to save his buildings, reports the Advocate.
Abbott Adams, employed in Lawrence,
Phillips & CO. mill, Somerset, while at work
Thursday morning was badly injured by the
drum of circular saw bursting and pieces
striking him on the wrist, breaking it and
otherwise injuring him.
WASHINGTON.
The Eastport Sentinel says that the first
kiln Of bricks burned at the Self Works yard
by Mooney & Sons, was opened Saturday,
July l6. There are about $50, 900 in the lot,
and certainly DO finer quality of bricks were
ever made in this part of the country. Mr..
Black, the architect, says they resemble
nearer than any he has ever seen, the cele-
brsted Baltimore brick, and that if the man
ufacture of pressed brick was entered into
here the color. strength and smoothness re-
sulting from the material furnished in the
yard could not be improved upon.
Temperance Ahead-IO, 900 Bottles Per
Week.